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TROLLMAGNIFIER: Detecting State-Sponsored Troll Accounts on Reddit
Mohammad Hammas Saeed, Shiza Ali, Jeremy Blackburn +3
Growing evidence points to recurring influence campaigns on social media, often sponsored by state actors aiming to manipulate public opinion on sensitive political topics. Typical…
Slapping Cats, Bopping Heads, and Oreo Shakes: Understanding Indicators of Virality in TikTok Short Videos
Chen Ling, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro +1
Short videos have become one of the leading media used by younger generations to express themselves online and thus a driving force in shaping online culture. In this context, TikT…
Soros, Child Sacrifices, and 5G: Understanding the Spread of Conspiracy Theories on Web Communities
Pujan Paudel, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro +2
This paper presents a multi-platform computational pipeline geared to identify social media posts discussing (known) conspiracy theories. We use 189 conspiracy claims collected by…
Understanding the Use of e-Prints on Reddit and 4chan's Politically Incorrect Board
Satrio Baskoro Yudhoatmojo, Emiliano De Cristofaro, Jeremy Blackburn
The dissemination and reach of scientific knowledge have increased at a blistering pace. In this context, e-Print servers have played a central role by providing scientists with a…
An Early Look at the Gettr Social Network
Pujan Paudel, Jeremy Blackburn, Emiliano De Cristofaro +2
This paper presents the first data-driven analysis of Gettr, a new social network platform launched by former US President Donald Trump's team. Among other things, we find that use…
"I'm a Professor, which isn't usually a dangerous job": Internet-Facilitated Harassment and its Impact on Researchers
Periwinkle Doerfler, Andrea Forte, Emiliano De Cristofaro +3
While the Internet has dramatically increased the exposure that research can receive, it has also facilitated harassment against scholars. To understand the impact that these attac…
A Multi-Platform Analysis of Political News Discussion and Sharing on Web Communities
Yuping Wang, Savvas Zannettou, Jeremy Blackburn +3
The news ecosystem has become increasingly complex, encompassing a wide range of sources with varying levels of trustworthiness, and with public commentary giving different spins t…
An Early Look at the Parler Online Social Network
Max Aliapoulios, Emmi Bevensee, Jeremy Blackburn +4
Parler is as an "alternative" social network promoting itself as a service that allows to "speak freely and express yourself openly, without fear of being deplatformed for your vie…
Dissecting the Meme Magic: Understanding Indicators of Virality in Image Memes
Chen Ling, Ihab AbuHilal, Jeremy Blackburn +3
Despite the increasingly important role played by image memes, we do not yet have a solid understanding of the elements that might make a meme go viral on social media. In this pap…
The Gospel According to Q: Understanding the QAnon Conspiracy from the Perspective of Canonical Information
Antonis Papasavva, Max Aliapoulios, Cameron Ballard +4
The QAnon conspiracy theory claims that a cabal of (literally) blood-thirsty politicians and media personalities are engaged in a war to destroy society. By interpreting cryptic "d…